Jukka Moisio has been appointed CEO of Finnish packaging group Huhtamaki (Espoo; www.huhtamaki.com), succeeding Heikki Takanen, who resigned in November 2007 – see Plasteurope.com of 20.11.2007. Moisio will start in the role at the latest on 29 August 2008. He was formerly president and CEO of high performance fibre-based materials specialist Ahlstrom (Helsinki / Finland; www.ahlstrom.com).

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